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Collected Item: “The Doctors and the Community”

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The doctors and the community

Tell us a story; share your experience. Or describe the item you are submitting. What does the object or story you've uploaded say about the pandemic, and/or why is it important to you?

I'm submitting a picture of doctors, including my uncle and members of the community gathered outside of the SUNY Downstate Medical Center University Hospital, to celebrate the discharge of a patient who beat Covid-19.

What sort of object is this, and where did you find it? (Examples: text story, photograph, screenshot, drawing, meme, personal essay, street art, etc.)

Photograph

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I have co-creators

Name of the item creator, unless anonymous. If creator is unknown, leave blank.

Miguel Ramirez

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Dimitri Urena

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It's a picture my grandfather took at the television when he saw his son, my uncle, on the news. He was with people from the neighborhood, clapping there hands and ringing the bell at the moment when the patient was leaving the hospital.

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0004-06-20

What is your affiliation, if any, with Bronx Community College?

I am a student at Bronx Community College

If what you are submitting was created as part of a Bronx Community College class, please indicate the course code (i.e., ENG1010) semester, and professor:

(HIS 20) 2021 Spring term, Dr. Katherine Culkin

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